Economy

Ex Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds is fronting a campaign to help encourage West Midlands residents to get active. The Move Together campaign, launched by Active Black Country and local authorities, …

Plans for nine new homes within the grounds of a Grade II listed manor house have been approved. Peterborough City Council granted the planning application for two two-bedroom homes and …

A community health and well-being day is taking place in Grimsby on Saturday. The event follows on from concerns raised during a meeting in January over mental health support and …

A man whose body was found on the Hampshire coast on Boxing Day has been identified following several police appeals. The 72-year-old, from Southsea, was identified after Hampshire and Isle …

An exercise programme for colon cancer patients can cut the risk of dying by a third, a major international trial shows. The researchers said it was "not a large amount" …

Mr Chiplen said people had travelled from across the country to see them perform. "It is a tradition that actually probably goes back to medieval times, bringing in the May," …

Renovations of a church in Nottinghamshire have unearthed a number of old items dating back to the early 1900s. A redevelopment project at Beeston Methodist Church, on Chilwell Road in …

Aberdeenshire Council has agreed to pause the mothballing of four rural nurseries. Parents were told in April that Ballogie, Crossroads, Glass and Sandhaven nurseries would close at the end of …

A roundabout has been renamed to honour the Windrush generation following a heartfelt request from a Barbados descendant. Peter Small, from Reading, approached councillors to suggest planting a tree to …

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a car crash in North Devon. The collision between a VW Golf and a white VW Crafter van happened on …